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Sustainability Snapshot

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Downer's sustainability targets and scorecard

Downer commits to the following primary targets and objectives, which encompass its material issues, as described in the Materiality and stakeholder engagement section of this report.

The material sections of this report provide greater detail on progress against additional short-term targets and focus areas that were outlined in Downer’s 2021 Sustainability Report.

 

Targets and objectives
Result  
 
Reference
Governance and ethical conduct
   

Board structure - maintain a balance of skill, experience, expertise and diversity represented on our board

✓

 

Board structure

Financial and corporate governance self-assessment – achieve 100 per cent completion rate among senior management

✓

 

Financial and corporate governance self-assessment

Zero breaches of disclosures relating to market-sensitive information

✓

 

 Timely, honest and transparent disclosures

Zero breaches of anti-bribery and corruption policy

✓

 

Anti-bribery and corruption

Zero breaches of securities trading policy

✓

 

Insider trading

Zero instances of anti-competitive behaviour

✓

 

Anti-competitive behaviour

Improve supply chain management process

✓

 

Supply chain management

Publish Downer's FY21 Modern Slavery Statement

✓

 

Human rights and modern slavery

 

Targets and objectives
Result  
 
Reference
Health and safety
   

Achieve a target of zero work-related fatalities

X

 

Downer Group safety performance

Achieve a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) <0.9

✓

 

Downer Group safety performance

Achieve a Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) <3.50

✓

 

Downer Group safety performance

Achieve no actions arising from High Potential Incidents overdue >30 days

✓

 

Critical Risk management

Exceed a target of 312 participants completing Mental Health First Aid training

✓

 

Mental health and wellbeing

Maintain an active program of critical control verifications including critical risk observations, inspections and audits

✓

 

Critical Risk management

 

Targets and objectives
Result  
 
Reference
Environment
   

Zero environmental prosecutions 

✓

 

Environmental compliance

Zero serious environmental incidents (Level 5 or 6)

✓

 

Environmental compliance

Fewer than three Environmental Penalty Infringement Notices

✓

 

 Environmental compliance

Achieve Science-Based Aligned Absolute Target performance 

(511,305 tCO2-e)

✓

 

Environmental performance data

Achieve Science-Based Aligned Intensity Target Performance – 

(31.4 tCO2-e/$AUDm)

✓

 

Environmental performance data

 

Targets and objectives
Result  
 
Reference
People
   

Strengthen our talent retention and attraction strategies, including broadening Downer’s flexible working arrangements

✓

 

Inclusion and belonging

Increase engagement and progress scores in Downer’s annual Employee Engagement Survey

X 

 

Employee Engagement Survey

Improve gender diversity balance by increasing female participation in the workforce

X 

 

Gender diversity

Enhance our cultural development programs and continue to action our Reconciliation Action Plan

✓

 

Indigenous cultural diversity

Continue to increase our pipeline of talent through diversity initiatives by embedding Downer’s Graduate program across the Group

✓

 

Generational diversity

Launch a dedicated Group-wide women’s empowerment and capability building program

✓

 

THRIVE program

 

Targets and objectives
Result  
 
Reference
Relationships
   

Roll out the Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain program and increase supplier engagement

✓

 

Supply chain engagement

Identify a not-for-profit Indigenous organisation to form new partnership with

✓

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

Launch Downer’s first-ever workplace giving program

✓

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

 


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